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Black Hole

Spell

Black Hole

Shadow

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1 secVision Range (AOI)

Vorath creates a black hole at the location that continually draws in enemies and damages them.

Black Hole

Tooltip

Vorath creates a black hole at the location that continually draws in enemies and damages them.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Black Hole is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time1 sec
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 25048

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Black Hole appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Black Hole". This page is record #371920. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#186547school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229042cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229044school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371919cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371921duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#419754school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419761school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#419970school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419989cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#420104school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 minA variant record
#420107school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#420184school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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